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GTA San Andreas has stopped working


ise7enseas
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Hi Everyone...

I have dell optiplex 755 , 2 GB RAM , 250 GB Sata , ATI Radeon HD5450.. The system is superb for the GTA San Andreas .. but I am Facing the gta_sa.exe has stopped working in begining after the main head logo of GTA San Andreas..

It was running before , but suddenly it stopped working.. I've installed a fresh windows again it doesn't work.. I've installed GTA San Andreas at least 5 times... It didn't works.. All The drviers of mines are updated.. ! .. Please Help Me .. I really need help.

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Which OS are you on?

Have you tried running the game in Win 98 compatibility mode?

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Which OS are you on?

Have you tried running the game in Win 98 compatibility mode?

I am on Windows 7.

Yes , I've tried it in different compatibility mode but didn't work.

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Have you tried deleting the gta_sa.set file?

 

About the game itself:

Are you playing with the DVD in the Drive?

Did you or anyone else modify the Game in any way?

 

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Have you tried deleting the gta_sa.set file?

 

About the game itself:

Are you playing with the DVD in the Drive?

Did you or anyone else modify the Game in any way?

Yes , I've tried..

 

Yes , Playing with DVD in drive .

No I haven't modified it.. It's original ..

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Is the Game installed to the default drive (C:)? Flash drives and some external drives are too slow.

Run it with ADMIN Privileges.

Use XP[sp3] mode.

Do you have a hidden file called 'Virtual Store: GTA San Andreas? Delete it if you do.

 

Possibly the system updated a driver to one that is incompatable with the game.

You may need to Roll-Back to the date before the game stopped working.

Or at least use the 'old' driver if you can sort that out.

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Do you have a hidden file called 'Virtual Store: GTA San Andreas? Delete it if you do.

That's quite vague but it's almost that, it's actually C:\Users\(youruser)\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files and look for a Rockstar Games folder, then delete it. As an extreme measure try reinstalling the game.

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San Andreas does not create a virtual store folder on Windows 7; that's only a Vista thing.

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Girish: I'm gonna have to prove you wrong, I don't know how but it did happen to me tounge.gif VirtualStore is generally where Windows saves crashed files or something, I had a few crashes once and SA wouldn't start, to my surprise I had a GTA SA folder in there, I deleted it and it worked. Probably more common in Vista but as the kernel is the same it should have the same use in both OS.

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There isn't any Rockstar name folder. I've re-installed it 5 times or more but still didn't work.

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Girish: I'm gonna have to prove you wrong, I don't know how but it did happen to me tounge.gif VirtualStore is generally where Windows saves crashed files or something, I had a few crashes once and SA wouldn't start, to my surprise I had a GTA SA folder in there, I deleted it and it worked. Probably more common in Vista but as the kernel is the same it should have the same use in both OS.

I thought that was due to Vista's f*cked up folder hierarchy; something that they fixed in Win 7. SA has crashed on me a few times but there's absolutely nothing in my virtual store folder.

 

@ise7enseas: Have you tried closing all running applications (even your anti-virus) before starting the game? Something might be interfering.

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TheGodfather.

I think you have a pirated version of the game because org. version has the folder Rockstar Games..

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I think you have a pirated version of the game because org. version has the folder Rockstar Games..

He's talking about there not being any R* Games folder inside the Virtual Store folder; which is normal.

 

Repeating what I said above;

@ise7enseas: Have you tried closing all running applications (even your anti-virus) before starting the game? Something might be interfering.

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